that's washington, d.c. so they were intercepting americans' calls, the wrong calls, not who they thought they were listening to. >> he we are assuming two things one that these were inadvertent mistakes, most of them, two. that this is the sum total of the number of times that americans are spied on. we don't know either one of those things. we are assuming them. what we do know for certain is they kept this information from anybody in an oversight position which is a violation of the spirit certainly of the constitution. probably a violation of the law and a big deal. does intent matter? i don't know does intent matter when i get pulled over for speeding? does intent matter if i don't pay all my taxes. those are violations for which i am punished. this whole they didn't mean to do it, who cares, they did it they are spying on americans. in so doing it infuriated some democrats. patrick leahy the longest serving member of the senate. >> alisyn: along, this issue crosses all boundaries or blurs the lines bet